{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-wales-act-2026/schedule-20/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-wales-act-2026/schedule-20/paragraph-4.json",
  "legislation": "asc/2026/6",
  "legislation_title": "Planning (Wales) Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-wales-act-2026",
  "path": "schedule/20/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Direction that appeal is to be determined by the Welsh Ministers",
  "text": "(1) This paragraph applies where the Welsh Ministers give a direction under section 365(3)(b) that an appeal which would otherwise be determined by an inspector is instead to be determined by them.\n(2) The direction must state the reasons for which it is given and must be served on—\n(a) the inspector (if any) appointed to determine the appeal,\n(b) the appellant,\n(c) the planning authority in whose area the land to which the appeal relates is situated, and\n(d) in the case of an appeal under section 73, any person who has made representations relating to the subject matter of the appeal which regulations under section 63 require the authority to take into account.\n(3) The Welsh Ministers must give the persons mentioned in sub-paragraph (2)(b) to (d) an opportunity to make further representations if the reasons for the direction raise matters about which any of those persons have not made representations.\n(4) Except as provided by sub-paragraph (3), the Welsh Ministers need not give any person an opportunity to—\n(a) make fresh representations, or\n(b) modify or withdraw any representations the person has already made.\n(5) In determining the appeal the Welsh Ministers may take into account any report made to them by an inspector previously appointed to determine it.\n(6) Subject to this paragraph, the provisions of this Act that are relevant to the appeal apply to it as if this Schedule had never applied.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 20 para. 4 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 409(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2026/6/schedule/20/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:17:37.107863+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}